• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.327-338
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• 2009

Zooplankton community structure was investigated in the Saemangeum region in March, May, July and October of 2007 and 2008 in order to understand the potential effect of post construction of Saemangeum dyke on their temporal and spatial distribution. Mean abundance of zooplankton in the inner and outer area of the dyke, except for dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans, ranged from 173 to 15,830 ind.m$^{-3}$, showing higher variability in the inner area compared to the outer area. Zooplankton abundance was higher in the outer area than the inner area in 2007, and vice versa in 2008. In the inner area of the dyke, zooplankton abundance was the highest in May 2007 and March 2008. In the outer area of the dyke, abundance was the highest in October 2007 and July 2008. Brackish species such as Tortanus derjugini and Pseudodiaptomus inopinus were dominant prior to construction of the dyke, and appeared less frequently in the inner area. Marine zooplankton taxa such as juvenile hydromedusa, and calanoid copepods Acartiahongi and Paracalanus parvus s.l. dominated both areas of the dyke. In CCA analysis, zooplankton community structure in the inner and outer area was similar in March and May, but different in July and October. Temperature, salinity and COD were important environmental factors affecting zooplankton community structure. These results suggest that zooplankton community structure in the inner and outer area of Saemangeum dyke are significantly affected by whether the sluice gates are closed or open.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2008

Our study indicates the zooplankton abundance with characteristics of water column and the vertical distribution in Lake Jinyang, South Korea. Seasonal changes of zooplankton community are determined by environmental parameters like water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, suspended solids and chlorophyll a. In lake Jinyang, this study showed that the zooplankton abundance in transition zone(St.1, St.2) was higher density than in lacustrine zone(St.3). Rotifers were dominant zooplankton and among them, Polyarthra spp., Keratella spp. and Nauplli(Copepoda) were common. But Cladoceran showed the low density. During survey period, zooplankton abundance with vertical distribution in surface layer(epilimnion) was higher than in bottom layer(hypolimninon). Zooplankton densities in Surface and middle layer showed positive relationship with water temperature and the densities in bottom layer(hypolimnion) showed positive relationship with chlorophyll a. Our assumption in spite of the short term study are supported by the facts that increase of temperature driven by climate change more maintains the thermocline duration by the summer temperature stratification. Thus the results suggest that the climate changes are an important source of changing zooplankton community feeding phytoplankton. So the zooplankton should be monitoring by the ecological management of Lake Jinyang to cope with climate changes like flood plain or drought.

• 생태와환경
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.40-59
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• 2018

This review summarizes the history of freshwater zooplankton research in Korean Society of Limnology and necessary future topics that are remain poorly investigated in South Korea based on main research topics of published articles focusing on lakes, reservoirs, rivers and wetland ecosystems. In Korea, a total 450 freshwater zooplankton species have been reported (85 species of cladocera, ca. 230 species of rotifera since 1939, and 138 species of copepoda), and they cover 10% of total zooplankton species list. In the present paper, we provide recent species list of zooplankton found in Korea and their taxonomic keys. Over periods of 45 years, there are 25 published papers for zooplankton biota in lentic ecosystems in Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment (KJEE). The ecology of zooplankton communities in rivers has focused on the mechanisms involved in regulating their abundance, diversity and spatio-temporal patterns of genus Bosmina and rotifers (genus Brachionus and Keratella) that are most frequently found from Korea. On the other hand, the studies on zooplankton in wetland has focused on Alona, Chydorus and Ceriodaphnia with special emphasis on their relationships with aquatic macrophytes. Even though studies on the freshwater ecosystem in Korea have a long history, a few of studies on zooplankton biota were conducted at rice paddy, Dumbeong and wetlands. During the last two decades, experimental advances in freshwater zooplankton ecology and understanding of structure and function of this biota were made from a series of articles mainly in journal of KJEE. For future studies, quantitative, experimental and interdisciplinary approaches would be key words to understand zooplankton ecology and their roles in aquatic ecosystems under changing environments, and we have suggested necessary zooplankton research fields and future directions.

• 생태와환경
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.444-452
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• 2012

동물플랑크톤의 서식 형태에 따른 구분(부착 및 부유성)과 월별 밀도 양상을 파악하기 위해 2011년 5월부터 10월까지 수생식물이 발달된 환경에서 동물플랑크톤 채집을 수행하였다. 조사 기간 동안, 부착성 동물플랑크톤은 총 24종, 부유성 동물플랑크톤은 총 30종으로 나타났으며, 이 중 두 서식 형태 간에 일치하는 종은 20종으로 확인되었다. 부착성 동물플랑크톤은 5~7월 동안 높은 밀도를 나타낸 반면, 부유성 동물플랑크톤은 9~10월 동안 높은 밀도를 보여 상이한 계절적 차이를 보였다. 안정동위원소 분석 결과, 부착 및 부유입자 유기물, 동물플랑크톤, 어류의 ${\delta}^{13}C$와 ${\delta}^{15}N$ 값은 계절별로 상이하였다. 부착성 동물플랑크톤은 봄, 가을 모두 부착입자 유기물에 대한 높은 의존도를 보였으나, 가을에는 부유입자 유기물에 대해서는 일부 의존하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 수생식물의 우점 등으로 인한 먹이질의 감소와 연관되어 있을 것으로 사료된다. 그러나 부유성 동물플랑크톤은 봄과 가을 모두 부유입자 유기물에 대해서만 의존하는 것으로 나타났다. L. macrochirus는 크기에 따라 먹이원에 대한 다른 섭식 양상을 보였는데, 부착성 동물플랑크톤이 증가된 시기(봄)에 1~3 cm 크기의 L. macrochirus는 부착성 동물플랑크톤에 대한 높은 의존도를 보였으나, 가을에 부착성 동물플랑크톤 감소하자 부유성 동물플랑크톤에 대한 의존도가 높아지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 4~7 cm 크기의 L. macrochirus는 상대적으로 큰 먹이원인 부유성 동물플랑크톤에 높은 의존도를 보였으며, 가을에 부유성 동물플랑크톤 밀도가 증가하자 매우 높게 의존하는 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 습지와 같이 수생식물이 우점되는 생태계에서 동물플랑크톤은 다양한 서식 형태(부착 및 부유성)를 가진 군집이 출현하는 것으로 파악되었으며, 이들은 각각 다른 먹이원에 대해 의존하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 상위포식자인 L. macrochirus 또한 부착 및 부유성 동물플랑크톤의 계절별 밀도 양상에 따라 상이한 의존성을 보였으며, 특히 부착성 동물플랑크톤은 봄철 치어 성장 시기의 이들의 성장 및 발달에 매우 중요한 영향을 미치는 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.243-250
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• 2003

본 연구는 경기만 동물플랑크톤 군집의 시공간적 분포 특성을 파악하기 위하여 2001년 2월부터 2001년 12월까지 인천 연안에서 선갑도에 이르는 수역에서 5개 정점을 대상으로 월별 조사가 실시되었다. 연구 기간중 출현한 동물플랑크톤 개체수는 월평균 1,100∼404,200 indiv./㎥의 범위로 2월에 가장 적은 개체수가 출현하였고 8월에 가장 많은 개체수가 출현하였으며 연구 기간 평균 개체수는 55,000 indiv./㎥였다. 정점별 평균 개체수는 인천 연안 수역에서 114,600 indiv./㎥로 가장 많았고 외해쪽으로 갈수록 감소하여 선갑도 부근 수역에서 16,500 indiv./㎥가 출현하였다. 경기만에서 우점하여 출현한 동물플랑크톤은 Noctiluca scintillans, Acartia hongi, Oithona davisae, Paracalanus crassirostris, Paracalanus indicus, Oikopluera spp. 였으며 이들에 의해 전체 평균 동물플랑크톤 개체수의 94.9％가 점유되었다 대부분의 우점종들은 경기만에서 연중 넓게 분포하지만 계절에 따른 개체수의 대량 증가 현상은 내만 수역에서 집중되는 현상이 나타났으며 이러한 시, 공간적 분포 특성은 수온과 식물플랑크톤 현존량에 의해 크게 영향을 받는 것으로 판단된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.351-360
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• 2004

To investigate latitudinal variations in the zooplankton community along the meridian line ($5^{\circ}N-12^{\circ}N$, $131.5^{\circ}W$), we measured temperature, salinity, nitrate, chlorophyll-a and zooplankton at depths above 200 m from July $10^{th}$ to $25^{th}$, 2003. For comparative analysis, data of the physico-chemical properties and chl-a were matched to the two sampling depths (surface mixed layer and thermocline depth-200 m) of zooplankton. Latitudinal differences in the mesozooplankton distribution were mainly influenced by divergence formed at a boundary line formed by currents of opposing directions, consisting of North Equatorial Current (NEC) and North Equatorial Counter Current (NECC). High concentrations of chl-a south of $9^{\circ}N$, caused by equatorial upwelling related nutrients, is thought to be affected by the role of this divergence barrier, supported by relatively low concentrations in waters north of $9^{\circ}N$. The latitudinal differences of the chl-a were significantly associated with the major groups of zooplankton, namely calanoid and cyclopoid copepods, appendicularians, ostracods, chaetognaths, invertebrate larvae, and others. And temperature significantly affected the latitudinal variation of radiolarians, siphonophores, salps and immature copepods. The latitudinal differences in the two factors, temperature and chl-a, which explained 71.0% of the total zooplankton variation, were characterized by the equatorial upwelling as well as the divergence at $9^{\circ}N$. The physical characteristics also affected the community structure and abundance of zooplankton as well as average ratios of cyclopoid versus calanoid copepods. The abundance of dominant copepods, which were consistent with chl-a, were often associated with the carnivorous zooplankton chaetognaths, implying the relative importance of bottom-up regulation from physical properties to predatory zooplankton during the study period. These results suggested that latitudinal distribution of zooplankton is primarily controlled by current-related divergences, while biological processes are of secondary importance in the northeastern Equatorial Pacific during the study period in question.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.366-375
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• 1994

1991년 8월과 10월, 1992년 1월과 4월에 아산만의 30개 정점에서 채집된 동물플랑 크톤의 분포특성을 조사하였다. 동물플랑크톤의 출현 개체수는 240-1,458개체/m$^3$의 범위를 보였으며 요각류는 채집된 동물플랑크톤의 평균88%를 차지하여 가장 우점하였 다. Acartia bifilosa는 가을부터 봄에 걸쳐 우점 하였고, A. pacifica는 여름, Paracalanus parvus는 가을에 우점하였다. 동물플랑크톤의 수평분포는 식물플랑크톤의 분포와 밀접한 연관을 가져, 특히 식물플랑크톤의 출현개체수가 높은 봄에 높은 상관 관계 ($r^2$=0.66, p<0.01,n=30)를 보였다. 치자어의 출현개체수가 높은 여름에 동물플 랑크톤과 치자어의 수평 분포양상도 밀접한 관계를 가졌다. 동물플랑크톤의 출현개체 수에 의한 정점간 유사도를 집괴분석한 결과 본 해역은 내만과 외만으로 뚜렷이 구분 되었다.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2004

An algicidal effect of endemic algicidal bacterium (Pseudomonas putida) and rotifer zooplankton (Brachionus calyciflorus) on diatom Stephanodiscus hantzschii were examined in the filtered water, and were compared with those of bacterium plus ciliate. Bacteria removed as 80% of the diatom within 3.5 days, while ciliate and zooplankton suppressed 57% and 40% of diatom during the same period, respectively. Mixed treatment of bacteria plus ciliate removed as 54% of diatoms, while that of bacteria plus zooplankton decreased as 85%. Although single bacteria and mixed treatment of bacteria plus zooplankton quickly decreased the diatom in the initial of experiment, bacteria plus ciliate perfectly removed the diatom in culture flask within 5.5 days of the study. On the other hand, other single and mixed treatments did not clear the diatom during the same period, and over 10% of them still remain in culture flask. Predator biomass in the presence of algicidal bacteria showed the growth patterns; zooplankton gradually decreased, and ciliate sustained over 0.5 cells/ml. These results indicated that the addition of ciliate to the algicidal bacterium in controlling the diatom Stephanodiscus hantzschii is more effective than that of zooplankton. Therefore, this synergistic interaction relationship between the bacterium and ciliate play an important role in the bio-manipulation using bio-agents to control the diatomal bloom in freshwater lakes and streams.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.832-839
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• 2009

Since construction of the estuarine barrage at the mouth of the Nakdong River, eutrophication and increased abundance of phytoplankton have occurred mainly due to the increased retention time in the reach. However, during the spring, there is a decrease in chlorophyll-a, as a result of an increase in zooplankton number, which preys upon phytoplankton and affects the value of chlorophyll-a. In order to emphasize the importance of zooplankton data in water quality simulation, zooplankton community data were used to simulate water quality and eutrophication at Mulgeum located in 27 km upstream from the barrage. WASP 7.2 was used as the water quality model for the river, using a monthly data set from 2003 to 2005 for model calibration and verification. The results showed that chlorophyll-a, DO, and total nitrogen in the river were simulated well during the verification period. The results of water quality simulation using zooplankton community data in the model were better than those with phytoplankton death rate, in terms of the absolute value of percent bias, root mean square error, and Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency. Those results indicate the use of zooplankton data provides more accurate simulation results for chlorophyll-a and eutrophication.

• 환경생물
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.312-315
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• 2002

Impact of artificial illumination on zooplankton dynamics has been studied in Tongyong marine ranch during the period from August 1998 to August 1999. Monthly sampling has been carried out to collect zooplankters from both natural waters and artificially illuminated waters at night. A total of 48 taxa of zooplankton occurred during the study. Copepods showed the prosperity in species number with 21 species. Every sample from illuminated waters consisted of move than 15 species except February while less than 15 species in samples from natural waters during the winter. Benthic amphipods occurred abundantly in illuminated waters. Zooplankton abundance was revealed to be increased in illuminated waters mainly due to the gathering of amphipods (4,500 indiv. $m^{-3})$ in September and October. Twenty times of zooplankton abundance was recorded in illuminated waters when compared with that in natural ones in September due to the gathering: of amphipods and ten times by the explosion of N. scintillans in August 1999. However, no distinct difference in the abundance was observed between two waters in the winter. Zooplankton gathering with artificial illumination seemed to be effective in amphipods, while copepods were hardly affected by the artificial illumination at night.